Kavant & Sharart spotlights trapeze-cut diamonds as sculptural center stones

Kavant & Sharart has turned a shape long tucked beside the main stone into the main event. The Thai fine jewelry house’s Mingle Trapeze collection puts trapeze-cut diamonds at the center of the design, a move that taps the current appetite for sculptural, geometry-led engagement-ring ideas rather than another round-brilliant reset. Founders Nuttapon Yongkiettakul and Shar-Linn Liew said the trapeze cut spoke to them because it feels “architectural yet fluid.”

That matters because trapezoid and trapeze diamonds have traditionally been supporting players. In engagement rings, they are usually set as side stones in three-stone designs, where their straight edges help frame a center diamond and sharpen the silhouette. Some jewelers do set them as stand-alone solitaires, but that remains the exception, not the norm. The appeal of Kavant & Sharart’s approach is that it treats the shape as a finishable idea in its own right, not just a framing device for something else.

The Gemological Institute of America’s definition of cut helps explain why the effect lands so strongly. Cut is not only about outline; it also includes facet arrangement, proportions, symmetry and polish, which is why a fancy shape can read as visually distinctive even when it is not a classic center-stone cut. In practice, that means trapeze diamonds can look crisp and modern without relying on size alone to make their point.

Kavant & Sharart, founded in Thailand by the award-winning husband-and-wife team of Yongkiettakul and Liew, has built its identity around original designs, timelessness and high-quality diamonds and colored gemstones. The trapeze collection extends that language beyond a single engagement ring concept. On the brand’s site, Mingle Trapeze pieces include a diamond bracelet priced at $9,900, a necklace at $15,900, 7-diamond earrings at $15,260 and a 15-diamond necklace at $19,000, a pricing spread that suggests the motif is being developed as a house signature across categories.

That breadth is what gives trapeze-cut jewelry real micro-trend potential. Designers and retailers have been leaning into non-round stones in east-west, sculptural and architectural settings, and Kavant & Sharart’s collection fits that shift cleanly. The question is whether trapeze can break out the way bezel and east-west settings did, or whether it remains the preserve of design-driven houses willing to sell geometry as romance. For now, it looks like a confident niche with momentum, not a mass-market standard.